Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Decorative Arts A Fine antique French gilded

A Fine antique French gilded bronze lidded urn/wine cooler

Hamaguchi’s mezzotints and virtuoso works have led to the present day popularity of this technique

The chair having a carved crest with a shell motif to the center flanked by a pair of finials

In 1979 he resigned from his job as a primary school headmaster

66 cm X 51 cm

Antique French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Napoleon III Lidded Wine Urn Cooler, Circa 1870 Decorative Arts A Fine antique French gildedThis item has recently sold. Email us and we might have something similar in inventory. A Fine antique French gilded bronze lidded urn wine cooler, Napoleon III period, in the style of Claude Michel Clodion, circa 1870. This very elegant urn is made of patinated bronze with gilded accents, the lid having a reclining putto. The body of the urn with a frieze of putti engaged in a Bacchanalian feast with a goat featuring to the center of the celebration,